 O ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-day may live...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 163by James Boswell - 1831Full view - About this book
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...156, 318, 379; IT. 177, 437; v. 136; x. 155; 6"- S. iii. 143, 183.] DR. JOHNSON (6th S. v. 482).—" Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-day may live to-morrow." Compare Cicero, De Senectute, cap. viii. 1 : — " Nemo enitn est tarn senex, qui se annum non putet... | |
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